VOV.VN - With the renowned artistic architecture of the Royal Palace intact, including plenty of historic relics and mausoleums of the Nguyen Dynasty, the former imperial city of Hue in central Vietnam is an attractive tourism hub during the Lunar New Year (Tet).

The Nine Dynastic Urns, built in late 1835 and completed in early 1837, was recognised as a national treasure in 2012, and considered the most valuable bronze objects in Vietnam.

Hue Festival 2023, themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”, opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 1.

VOV.VN - Repatriating the Nguyen Dynasty’s imperial seal, the nation’s hosting SEA Games 31, and the reopening of international tourism as of March 15 are among the nominations for voting in the top 10 culture, sporting, and tourism events of the year.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to direct the Vietnamese Embassy in France and the Delegation of Vietnam to UNESCO to coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) to implement procedures to bring the Nguyen Dynasty’s imperial seal from France to Vietnam as soon as possible, said spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

French auction house Millon has decided to defer the auction of Nguyen Dynasty King Minh Mang's 10.78-kg gold seal to November 18 noon due to “the strong interest of the Vietnamese State”.

VOV.VN - French auction house Millon has rearranged the sale of King Minh Mang of the Nguyen Dynasty's gold seal for an auction set to take place on November 11 following an intervention by relevant Vietnamese agencies.

VOV.VN - A golden bowl dating back to the reign of King Khai Dinh of the Nguyen Dynasty, who ruled Vietnam from 1916 to 1925, was sold for EUR680,000, equal to US$672,000, at Million auction house in France on October 31.

VOV.VN - The Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) is in the process of finding a way to bring home two Nguyen Dynasty antiques, which are about to be auctioned in France by auction house Million, as soon as possible.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MCST) has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to direct the Vietnamese Embassy in France to verify information related to two Nguyen Dynasty antiques which are about to be auctioned in France by auction house Million.